Web Developer Doesn't Know O(n)

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I've been a software engineer for 7 years, and the O(n) stuff has *literally never* come up in a significant way when talking about production code. Not even once. And yet it comes up in 30% of interviews 😅 I’ve been a web developer for 20 years and I don’t even know what O(n) is.

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A screenshot of a Twitter exchange shows one programmer saying that O(n) has never mattered in production code, while another jokes that after 20 years as a web developer, he does not even know what O(n) is. The punchline mocks technical interview questions that test algorithmic concepts many experienced developers rarely use in everyday work. EN: A screenshot of a Twitter exchange shows one programmer saying that O(n) has never mattered in production code, while another jokes that after 20 years as a web developer, he does not even know what O(n) is. The punchline mocks technical interview questions that test algorithmic concepts many experienced developers rarely use in everyday work.

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